Summary of Challenges for the planet

Challenges for the Planet

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Asda's distribution centre
Didcot
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A business which stopped filling a skip of polyethene and shrink wrap 4 times/ week+ sending it to a landfill site. Now uses baling machines
Asda
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A company which sold baling machines to Asda to bale plastic
Mil-tek
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The road sites next to the M11 in Cambridge
Madingly and Trumpington
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The road sites next to A14 in Cambridge
Milton and Newmarket
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The name of the iron mining project in Brazil
The Carajas
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90% of all fish caught in the gold mining region surrounding this river is polluted with mercury
Tapajos
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In this state there have been conflicts between gold prospectors and the indigenous people
Roraima
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These indigenous people had conflicts with gold prospectors
Yanomamo Indians
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These people are often employed for a few days to show logging companies the best trees which leads to the destructino of their own environment
The Baka pigmies
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Oil extraction in this region of Ecuador
Oriente
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There are many more miscarriages amongst these indigenous people in Ecuador
Huaorani
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Since this year, the government of Venezuela hasn't issued any more permits to mine gold or diamonds
2008
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In this Rainforest Reserve the government in Venezuela hasn't issued any more permits to mine gold or diamonds
Imataca
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This Swiss company sent a team to Madagascar to survey for new fragrances
Givaudan
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This year, a Swiss company sent a team to Madagascar to survey for new fragrances
2001
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The Swiss company developed this number of aromas in Madagascar, which were sold
40
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One tourist facility in Costa Rican forests which supported ecoutourism
Zip wiring
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The Costa Rican government has allowed this American company to look for plants which can be used to make medicines or fragrances for perfumes
Merck
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The name of an NGO which works with indigenous people in the Amazon Rainforest, e.g. ethnomapping
Nature Conservancy
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This year a training centre was opened in Brazil by this NGO
2006
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Where a training centre was opened in Brazil for the indigenous people to teach them how to manage their areas
Manaus
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How many students are trained at a time in this centre to learn things such as GIS, remote sensing techniques, nat. resource managements, etc.
15
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How often does the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun change from nearly circular to elliptical?
95,000
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The variation of the tilt of the Earth's axis occurs over a ... year time span
41,000
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The tilt of the Earth's axis varies over time from 21.5 degrees to...
24.5
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...% change in solar output causes a temperature rise/ fall by 0.5-1oC
1
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Reduced sunspot activity in 1645-1715 could have been a potential cause for...
Little Ice Age
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After this mountain erupted, next summer it was unusually cold in Europe with heavy snowfalls+ frost
Tambora
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This mountain erupted in ...
1815
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Without the greenhouse effect, the average global temperature of the Earth would be -18OC instead of...
15
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African countries such as Tanzania and... could lose almost 1/3 of their maize crops
Mozambique
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This country will experience a 50% decrease in the amount of land available to grow wheat due to drier weather
India
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The melting of the 90% of glaciers in Antarctica affects ocean movement and could cause the... to be diverted further south
Gulf Stream
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The retreating glaciers in Antarctica would cause the matching of the temperatures in western Europe with those found across the Atlantic in...
Labrador
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Temperatures across the Atlantic are frequently below 0 in the winter with averages of 8-10oC in July, which is...oC cooler than the average UK summer temperature
10
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Scientists predicted a... cm rise in sea levels by the end of the century
88
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These islands in the Pacific Ocean are now covered with sea water
Kiribati
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The Glacier National Park in the USA was created in..
1910
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The Glacier National Park in the USA is located in...
Montana
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The levels of methane in the atmosphere have been rising for the past 10 years by...%/ year
1.5
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In the Russian Nature Reserve on this island, polar bears can't travel overland to catch prey
Wrangel
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Nokia is concerned that more than...% of mobile users change their phone every year
50%
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...% of old phones are left in drawer at home+ never used again
44
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If every mobile phone user recycled one phone, it would save... tonnes of raw materials
240,000
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An example of a local interest group
Machester is my planet
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This local interest group, which runs a pledge campaign to reduce carbon footprint+ become invovled in green energy projects started in...
2005
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More than... people in this local interest group pledged to work towards a low carbon future
20,000
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This parking permit entitles car owners with low carbon emisisions to buy an annual parking permit for parks within Greater Manchester at a 25% discount
Green Badge
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UK's target to cut CO2 emissions below 1990 levels is...% by 2020 and 20% by 2020
15
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...% of UK's carbon emission are produced by houses
15
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To meet the carbon emission targets, the government in the UK gave... million to local councils
4
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One of the 6 best performing councils in the UK in terms of meeting the low carbon emission targets (B)
Barking and Dagenham
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A campaign run throughout the whole of 2007 by the Catholic Church to encourage students to consider how they make choices in life
Livesimply
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This year United Nations conducted a meeting in Rio de Janeiro for the Earth Summit where the first interantional treaty aimed to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions
1992
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The Kyoto conference took place in December 1997 and came into force in...
February 2005
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Countries that signed the Kyoto Protocol agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by...% compared to the 1990 levels globally
5.2
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When was the further Climate Change Conference conducted in Bali?
December 2007
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The representatives from more than... countries signed a Bali Roadmap in which initiatives were agreed to try to reach a secure future climate
180
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